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Chapter 152 Never Take a Concubine
Luo Tian was still at home thinking about how to prevent Luo Baisu from taking concubines, when he heard the sound of knocking on the door from the yard outside.She was already irritable in her heart, and immediately said irritablely: "I'll go see what's going on outside!"

After speaking, she raised the lamp to go out, Luo Baisu frowned, took the oil lamp in her hand, and said, "I'll go."

In the end, Luo Baisu hadn't left the courtyard when he saw Zi Shu crawling over and said in panic, "Master, it's not good. Mr. Xu came to the door with his servants."

When Luo Tiandu heard this, his brows were tightly frowned, he quietly touched a short stick and hid it behind him, followed Luo Baisu and walked out.She wants to see what the hell Xu Li is doing!

When Luo Baisu arrived in the courtyard, the people outside were still pounding on the door, occasionally mixed with Xu Li's angry cursing.

"Go and open the door!" Luo Baisu said to Zi Shu, feeling angry in his heart.

Zishu still hesitated: "Master, Mr. Xu brought at least four or five people outside, if we open the door to let them in, we are afraid that we will suffer."

Luo Baisu glared at him: "What are you afraid of! This is Shangjing. As an official of the imperial court, he can still bring his servants to the door to commit murder?"

Zishu couldn't do it, so he had to push the door bolt tremblingly, but before the others had time to retreat, someone outside pushed the door violently, Zishu couldn't dodge, and was caught between the door and the wall, and his nosebleed came out .

Surrounded by his servants, Xu Li angrily entered the yard, and said, "Is Mr. Luo here? I want to seek justice for my wife."

Luo Tian counted them in detail. Xu Li brought four servants over. They were all young and strong. He probably brought all the people from the Xu Mansion here. He made it clear that he was looking for trouble. .

Luo Baisu was also angry, and said: "It's just right, I also have something to discuss with Mr. Xu." After speaking, he took the lead and walked into the hall.

But Xu Li didn't buy it, he stood in the yard and said: "Master Luo, let's stand in this yard and make things clear. Today, my wife brought Mrs. Jing over here. Why did the madam and the little lady humiliate them like that, and made Jing The lady is going to seek death when she returns?!"

Originally, Luo Baisu was thinking about the reputation of Mrs. Jing, and wanted to explain it to Xu Li in private, but Xu Li was so ignorant that his temper also came up, and said: "Before Mr. Xu comes to the door, why not?" Ask in advance, what did Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Jing say and do when they came to Luo's house in the morning? Zhuo Jing has always been honest and responsible, and has he ever bullied others?"

Xu Li was also furious: "I have always respected you, Mr. Luo, as a person who values ​​love, righteousness and responsibility. It turns out that he is also the kind of person who is lucky and ungrateful, and who refuses to pay after eating. You insulted Jing while you were drunk yesterday. Wife, although she is a widow, she is also a pure and innocent person. The wife brought her to the door and asked Mrs. Luo to give her a name, but the wife and the young lady spoke viciously. The Luo family is so bullying. I don’t want the black veil on my head, but I have to go to the Yamen with your lord to discuss it.”

The servants who followed him started to flaunt their might in the yard and smashed everything they saw with a stick.Before they came, they got orders from Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Jing, and they were backed by them. Naturally, they were not afraid of anything. After a while, they smashed the courtyard in front of Luo's house to pieces.

Uncle Gu looked very anxious, and kept shouting: "What are you doing? You are robbers! You ran into other people's houses and smashed them here and there."

Fang Shi heard the mess in the front, hurried over, saw the mess in the yard, couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Although all the valuable things of the Luo family are kept in the inner house, and there are only some clumsy guys outside, which are not expensive, but they have spent money to buy them back anyway. ah?
Fang's family has always been frugal, so she can't help feeling a little bit distressed about money.

Luo Tiandu sneered, and said: "You smash it! That pottery pot, did you see it? It's the one in the corner. It was left over from the previous dynasty, and it's worth at least 100 taels now; there's also that small vat, an authentic official kiln. Unearthed, 20 taels can't escape, you can figure it out." Having said that, she turned to look at Uncle Gu, and said, "Uncle Gu, you can see clearly, who smashed what, I will write later Once you have made the list, go to the Xu Mansion to ask for money, one or two is a must, if the Xu family doesn't pay back the money, we don't need to tell you, Mr. Xu, we have to go to the Yamen to ask for an explanation."

The two sides argued endlessly. Xu Li said that Luo Baisu was not a thing and had insulted the daughters of the Xu family. He didn't even say anything. Luo Baisu felt wronged and panicked. He was so drunk yesterday that he didn't know anything. No one knows how to get into his house, let alone what to do, this is obviously a trick set up by the Xu family, and naturally they will not let Mrs. Jing in; .

This is the inner city, there are city patrol officers patrolling back and forth in the city at twelve o'clock, the courtyard of the Luo family is noisy, and the people living on both sides are officials and eunuchs, some people find it noisy, I don't know whose servant He secretly opened the door and poked his head out to watch the excitement, without even hearing the mistress calling.

Luo Tian felt that it was really outrageous, closed the door, and said to Xu Li: "Master Xu was also drunk yesterday?"

Xu Li snorted and said, "Of course." It was because he was also drunk that such a thing happened at home, and he was also half-dead with anger.

"Then it was Mrs. Xu who helped arrange my father's rest yesterday. My father is a foreigner, even if he is staying overnight at Mr. Xu's house, without Mrs. Xu's permission, how can my father get close to the family members of the family, Mr. Xu It's better to go home and ask Mrs. Jing and Mrs. Jing." Luo Tian looked at Xu Li and said.

She is really tired of it. Women these days, what can they do to support themselves, insist on using such dirty methods, and insist on being concubines for others.

Xu Li was also a little puzzled. He was also drunk. When he got up early, he had a headache and was in a hurry to go to the yamen. When he came back, he was dragged by his wife and said that Mrs. Jing was taken advantage of by Luo Baisu. But he refused to admit it. He didn't think much about it at the time, relying on his drinking power, he came to the door angrily.At this time, I also calmed down, and felt that something was not quite right.Mrs. Xu loves Mrs. Jing, and there are people around her to serve her. It is impossible for her and Luo Baisu to do something that will not be discovered until the next day.

Luo Tian has talked up to this point, but Luo Baisu can only say the rest.She retreated behind the door, read the list she had just written from beginning to end, and checked that nothing was missed, then nodded, with a smile on her face.

Seeing that Xu Li had finally calmed down outside, Luo Baisu said, "You and I have met for a while, and today I will tell you directly that if there are no accidents in this life, I will not take concubines, not just your family Madam Jing, it's the same for everyone else."

Xu Li was startled, and then said: "Nonsense! There is no man who has three wives and four concubines."

Luo Baisu smiled wryly and said: "It's not that you don't know that I came from a humble background. Although I am a sixth-rank official now, the salary is barely enough to support their mothers. How can I have money to support others. Besides, I When I came to the capital, I made an oath that if one day I could really get a half-job in an official position, I would never betray my wife. Although I, Luo Baisu, am not a big shot, I will definitely keep my promise. If Mrs. Xu is really good for Mrs. Jing and wants to find a good way out for Mrs. Jing, she shouldn't have set her sights on me."

When Fang heard Luo Baisu say this in front of people, she was very moved, walked up to Luo Baisu and said, "His father..."

Luo Baisu sighed, and said: "I know all about the hardships you suffered that day. Speaking of which, only my Luo family owes you."

"We are a married couple, so we don't owe anything." Fang finally felt relieved this time.

She had been married to Luo Baisu for many years, and she knew Luo Baisu's temperament well. Since he said he would not give it to a concubine, he would definitely not accept it. With his words, Fang felt that she was much more stubborn.

Luo Tian didn't even expect that Xu Li's door-to-door persecution would make Luo Baisu make such a big promise, which was really an unexpected gain.

The world is impermanent, especially Luo Baisu is in the officialdom, of course she does not believe that Luo Baisu is really like what he said, he will never take concubines in his life, but at least now he can be sure, if there is no irresistible external force, other people It is very difficult for a woman to enter Luo's house. If there are other dubious women who come to the door in the future, she can justifiably beat them out.

Seeing Luo Baisu's resolute attitude, Xu Li felt that he was a little bored, so he planned to take his servants back, and told Mrs. Xu by the way, asking her to persuade Mrs. Jing to give up on Luo Baisu.

Luo Tiandu said with a smile: "Master Xu, stay!"

"What else is there?" Xu Li said in a bad tone.He wanted to save some face for Luo Baisu, so could it be that such a little girl wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate him?
Luo Tian didn't care what he thought, waved the paper in his hand, and said: "This is the list I just drew up. Just now, I estimated the value of how many things Mr. Xu's family bought from our Luo family, and wrote it on it. Later, Mr. Xu, remember to send the silver over."

Xu Li took the list in his hand and glanced at it, his nose crooked with anger.What are these things?A camellia in a broken water tank costs 20 taels; a pottery pot placed under the eaves to catch rainwater is ashamed to ask for 100 taels; a few rotten logs piled up on the edge of the yard cost 40 taels...

"You...you are clearly blackmailing!" Xu Li pointed at Luo Tiandu, so angry that he couldn't speak properly.

Luo Tiandu said slowly: "When you smashed things just now, I reminded you, but no one listened to me."

No matter how stupid Xu Li was, he knew that Luo Tian was trying to trick him, so he crumpled the piece of paper, threw it on the ground, and said, "Don't go too far!"

Luo Tian propped his chin, thought for a while, and said: "I heard that Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Jing took good care of my father in the past. How about this? I'm not a stingy person, why don't I give you a favor, and you don't need money. My lord sent it here, so let's treat it as repaying Mrs. Jing's love." After speaking, Luo Tian waved to Xu Li in a very happy mood: "Master Xu, it's better to leave!"

(End of this chapter)